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School Safety
Rift widens between City Hall and teachers union as UFT threatens literacy curriculum pushback

UFT President Michael Mulgrew, center, says the union may pull its support for NYC Reads, citing concerns about assessments, interventions, and teacher workload.

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Budget & Finance
Indianapolis Public Education Corporation to pay executive director $285,000 salary

The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation approved the salary for executive director Karega Rausch at its August meeting.

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Budget & Finance
The Chicago Board of Education voted to reverse layoffs, but CPS says not all positions can be restored

The media room at Senn High School in 2021. The Chicago Board of Education voted to reverse layoffs, but the district says it can't restore all positions for funding reasons.

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Policy & Legislation
Colorado school board involved in ‘public Christian school’ drama violated open meetings law, judge rules

The Pueblo County District 70 school board is likely to immediately appeal the decision from a state judge that found it violated open meetings law.

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Technology & AI
Columbia faces discrimination lawsuit from Palestinian employees and students

Plaintiffs allege the Ivy League institution instead "actively participated in and amplified" racial and political targeting of its campus members.

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Technology & AI
What do Memphis schools need to succeed? Join our virtual event to find out.

Join Chalkbeat and four Memphis education experts Aug. 31 to discuss how state and district leaders can help students succeed.

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Technology & AI
Black-Majority Schools in Texas Receive More Fs Than A Ratings

Jaleel is attending his first day of classes this month at a middle school opening its doors for the first time that specializes in air traffic control, commercial drones and engineering. His parents decided not to send...

District Admin
Leadership
The Missing Piece in Attendance Improvement: Stronger Family Partnerships

Date & Time: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 2 p.m. Join a panel of researchers, district leaders, and field experts for a conversation on new research showing that stronger connections with families can improve...

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Leadership
Detroit school board to fill vacant seat of late member Iris Taylor ahead of November election

The DPSCD board must fill an open seat before the November election. Pictured, board members meet to interview candidates in July 2025.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Introducing a New Curriculum in School? Don’t Forget Training for the Principal

Countless times over the last few years, district leaders have reached out to my organization with a problem: They rolled out a new evidence-based curriculum and trained all their teachers, but many didn’t use it...

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Technology & AI
144,000 Coloradans are in student loan default as repayment struggles increase nationwide

More student loan borrowers have defaulted on their loans, recent federal data shows.

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Technology & AI
How Trump’s Anti-DEI Shift Unraveled a Successful Federal Investment in Maine Schools

Three years ago, a handful of Maine school districts struggling with student mental health needs applied for a federal grant to help them hire school counselors and social workers. The grant applications included a...

District Admin
Leadership
Why is enrollment across DC-area school districts falling?

With enrollment trends declining, and projections expecting that to continue, the Prince William County School Board decided to nix plans for what it hoped would one day become its 14th high school. The post Why is...

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Technology & AI
Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth it

Educators and experts say districts are carrying much of the burden of vetting products on their own. The post Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth it appeared first on District...

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Policy & Legislation
Opinion: Don’t Blink: Why NYC Reads Must Stay on Course

Nearly 25 years ago, I walked into the U.S. Department of Education at what felt like a remarkable moment in the history of reading instruction. The National Reading Panel had just been released, and for the first time...

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Budget & Finance
Thousands of LAUSD Workers Face Layoffs That Didn’t Have to Happen

On the brink of looming insolvency, Los Angeles Unified could have prevented its financial crisis by leaving vacated positions empty, making thousands of district employee layoffs unavoidable to address a $3.6 billion...

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Leadership
College costs for families up 10% from last year, poll finds

Tuition, fees, housing and other costs averaged $34,019 in the 2025-26 academic year, per a new Sallie Mae and Ipsos report.

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Policy & Legislation
A controversial Colorado education group was in danger of dissolving. A 2013 agreement just saved it.

Pikes Peak State College planned to drop its membership in a controversial public education group. Now, it will stay on for 10 more months.

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Technology & AI
Firms linked to 2 men convicted of public corruption have gotten campaign business from JB Pritzker and the CTU

The Chicago Teachers Union Center last May. The union and Gov. JB Pritzker each hired political firms connected to people convicted of corruption.

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Technology & AI
Antitrust lawsuit against 32 colleges with early decision can proceed, judge rules

However, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley dismissed the claims against Common App and other noncollege defendants.

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Budget & Finance
Memphis schools budget earns approval after more than a month of delay

Shelby County Commissioners voted 7-4 to approve the MSCS budget on Monday, over a week after classes had already started.

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Technology & AI
Trump Signs Order on Childhood Vaccines Against Medical Groups’ Guidance

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood...

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Technology & AI
Free backpacks, supplies, haircuts: Newark groups host back-to-school giveaways

As Newark families prepare to head back to class, local groups across the city are hosting school supply giveaways.

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Policy & Legislation
Chicago Board of Elections rules on final challenges to school board candidacies

Candidates walk inside the Chicago Board of Elections Supersite in downtown Chicago to file paperwork on Monday, May 18, 2026. The board made its final rulings on petition challenges Tuesday.

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Leadership
Know a young musican? Chalkbeat’s back-to-school rap contest is here.

Cassidy Brown, known musically as c12, mixes one of his songs at Philadelphia's MilkBoy the Studio, where he is an intern.

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Leadership
How did Indiana students do on a revised ILEARN this year?

Indiana released 2026 scores on the ILEARN test for English and math, as well as results from the IREAD and SAT, on Tuesday.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: As Students Head Back to School, Let’s Rethink What’s Success in Sex Education

As millions of young people head back to school this fall, parents are buying backpacks, teachers are preparing lesson plans, and policymakers are once again debating what belongs in the classroom. One topic will...

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Technology & AI
School funding’s surprising U-shape, the future of work, digital tests, and more: A Chalkbeat Ideas roundup

Troy High School on April 24, 2026

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Leadership
Indiana third grade reading scores surpass pre-pandemic levels on IREAD test

Third grade students in Warren Township read in summer school to focus on passing the IREAD exam in June 2025.

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Technology & AI
How a Queens school transformed a local playground — and its students’ lives

Voyages Prep students Joseth Laiz (center) and Kamrin Jones (far left), helped spearhead the Playground Ninety basketball court project. They are with New York City Council member Shekar Krishnan at the playground's...